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convent: see monasticism monasticism , form of religious life, usually conducted in a community under a common rule. Monastic life is bound by ascetical practices expressed typically in the vows of celibacy, poverty, and obedience, called the evangelical counsels.
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convent

1. a building inhabited by a religious community, usually of nuns

2. the religious community inhabiting such a building

3. a school in which the teachers are nuns

convent

1. A religious community: friars, monks, or nuns (now usually nuns).

2. A group of buildings occupied by such a community.

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No references found			My Father was a native of Ireland and an inhabitant of Wales; my Mother was the natural Daughter of a Scotch Peer by an italian Opera-girl--I was born in Spain and received my Education at a Convent in France. Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context When it at last rose to the walls of the convent of the Great Saint Bernard, it was as if that weather- beaten structure were another Ark, and floated on the shadowy waves. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context I entered through the convent gate: The abbot bade me welcome there, And in the court of silent dreams I lost the thread of worldly care. A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context			convection modulus convection oven convection section convection stability convection theory of cyclones convectional stability convective activity convective cloud convective condensation level convective current convective discharge convective equilibrium Convective Heat Exchange convective instability convective movement convective overturn convective precipitation convective region convective zone convective-cloud-height diagram Convector convectron convener convenience outlet convenience receptacle convent conventicle convention convention center Convention on Bacteriological Weapons Convention Rates Convention Stoppages conventional conventional algorithm conventional bomb conventional completion conventional current conventional design conventional door conventional grouping conventional memory conventional milling conventional mining conventional programming conventional spinning conventional sprinkler Conventionalism Conventionality convento converged network Convergence			convenience, of teeth relationship convenience, of teeth relationship conveniences conveniences conveniences conveniencies conveniency convenient convenient convenient Convenient Care Association Convenient care clinic Convenient Hyped Imaginary Low-Age Disorder Convenient store Convenient store Convenient store clerk Convenient store clerk convenient time convenientia conveniently conveniently convening convening Convenio Andrés Bello convenire convenor convenor convenor convenors convenors convent Convent Garden Convent Garden Convent Gardens Convent Gardens Convent Glen South Community Association Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Middle Education School Convent school Convent school convent schools convent schools Conventical Conventical prior conventicle conventicle conventicle Conventicle Act 1664 Conventicle Act 1664 Conventicle Act 1664 conventicler conventicler conventicler Conventicles Conventicles Conventicles Conventicling Conventicling Conventicling Conventiei Organizatiilor de Media Conventio

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